You did not really believe Enzo Maresca when he called this Chelsea’s toughest game of the season yesterday, and you knew he didn’t himself either when you saw his team.
But whatever part of the pretence had survived until kick-off died swiftly when the football began. On a frankly comic evening at St. Mary’s, a Southampton side admittedly missing a handful of key players showed exactly why they are already charging back towards the Championship, with only a third of the season gone.
